Comparison

Flat or Sharp vs Note Recognizer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Flat or Sharp

This app helps you improve your musical ear by training you to identify flat or sharp intonation in musical intervals. It offers customizable difficulty levels, various interval types, and detailed progress tracking to guide your learning journey.

Highlights
  • Identify flat/sharp intonation
  • All musical intervals included
  • Customizable difficulty levels
  • Melodic and harmonic intervals
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • Practice suggestions and tips
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Learn how to hear whether musical intervals are flat or sharp by playing a fun quiz-style game! Flat or Sharp includes all musical intervals from a minor 2nd all the way up to two octaves, in melodic or harmonic varieties. Difficulty levels are fully customizable with a variety of options to accommodate any level of musicianship, from beginner to seasoned pro.  - Progressively hone your ear by setting desired tuning accuracy from +/- 50 cents all the way down to +/- 5 cents.  - Play notes for as long as 4 seconds or as little as 0.2 seconds to work on how quickly you can recognize the intonation. - Play intervals harmonically or melodically; ascending or descending. - Adjust musical register and timbre of tones to suit your personal preferences. - Track your progress with percentage correct and longest streak of correct guesses, viewable by time frame, so you can see how your ear improves with practice! - Packed full of information on practice suggestions and tips for hearing each of the musical intervals!

About

Note Recognizer

This app analyzes sung or played pitches in real-time, displaying the corresponding note name. It functions as a vocal trainer, song key identifier, and instrument tuner, offering various note naming systems and live notation capabilities.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch detection
  • Note name identification
  • Instrument tuning
  • Vocal training exercises
  • Live musical notation
  • Multiple note naming systems
Features
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Note Recognizer - App that Assists Music Learning by Detecting and Processing Musical Characteristics from Microphone in Real-Time The Note Recognizer is meant for people who are seriously involved in active music making. The Note Recognizer analyses the pitch frequency that you sing or play, and gives the corresponding note name. Very useful for singers who need to find the right starting note of a song. Or if you want to know the key of a song; sing the tonic, and you get the note name of the key. Also great as a tuner for guitar, or checking your intonation on flute, violin or any instrument. User can choose from different note naming systems such as - Standard (#) - Standard (b) - German (#) - German (b) - Indian Sargam (#) (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa) - Indian Sargam (b) (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa) - Indian Sargam (#) (सा रे गा माँ पा धा नि) - Indian Sargam (b) (सा रे गा माँ पा धा नि) - Do Re Mi (#) - Do Re Mi (b) Now with Live Notation: play your musical idea on an instrument and have it transformed to musical notation. Watch your score grow while playing. This app can be used for vocal training and do you have little or no singing experience or voice training. Voice Training App plays a note or phrase of notes, and you sing to it. This App showing which note you should sing and which pitch you are correctly singing your note names in note recognizer. Note Recognizer Designed in collaboration with The Great And professional singing teacher. For beginners. Train your voice to sing your note names in tune. Pitch training for singers in note recognizer .To expand your vocal and note names by relaxing your voice to increase range and perfection for singers and Learn Singing With This Voice Training You Will See how long you can hold a pitch Develop confidence to perform riffs and runs. This app for those who are seriously involved in active music making and Learn Singing. The note recognizer analyses Very useful for singers who need to find the right starting note of a song. The pitch frequency that you sing a note names or play, and gives the corresponding note name and note recognizer . You can use it also as a tuner for guitar, or checking your intonation on flute, violin, harmonium or other musical instrument.

Screenshots

Flat or Sharp4 screens
Note Recognizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flat or Sharp at 100% against Note Recognizer's 7%. Flat or Sharp also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.9). Note Recognizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and device support (4 vs 2). On ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flat or Sharp is free to download; Note Recognizer costs $1.99 up front. Flat or Sharp sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Note Recognizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flat or Sharp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Flat or Sharp's written reviews are positive against 7% of Note Recognizer's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Flat or Sharp versus Note Recognizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlat or SharpNote Recognizer
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better1.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better7.1% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 65 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.612.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB14 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperEuphorophonics, LLCSuresh Verma

Customer experience

Flat or Sharp

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Note Recognizer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative85.7%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Flat or Sharp

Subscriptions2
  • Flat or Sharp Premium (Monthly)2 Months trial$2.991 Month
  • Flat or Sharp Premium (Annual)$14.991 Year
One-time5
  • Both Interval Directions$0.99
  • Remove Banner Ad$0.99
  • All Duration Options$1.99
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  • All Accuracy Options$2.99
  • BUNDLE - All Premium Options$4.99
None

Note Recognizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flat or Sharp free?
Flat or Sharp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note Recognizer free?
Note Recognizer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flat or Sharp or Note Recognizer?
Flat or Sharp is rated higher. Flat or Sharp averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Note Recognizer averages 1.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Flat or Sharp or Note Recognizer have ads?
Neither Flat or Sharp nor Note Recognizer shows ads.

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